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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Feb. 10, 2020

February 10, 2020 10:07 AM

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Feb. 10, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:

294

Ships Underway

Deployed Ships Underway

Non-deployed Ships Underway

Total Ships Underway

51

41

92

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces

3rd Fleet

4th Fleet

5th Fleet

6th Fleet

7th Fleet

Total

1

1

1

24

10

61

98

In Japan

Mineman 2nd Class Pete Calvert, assigned to Navy Munitions Command, East Asia Division, Unit Misawa, forms the letters for U.S. Navy on the side of a snow statue created by the Navy Misawa Snow team during the 71st annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 1, 2020. US Navy Photo

The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group operating in the Western Pacific. USSTheodore Roosevelt(CVN-71) and USS Pinckney (DDG-91) arrived in Apra Harbor, Guam, for a port visit on Feb. 7. The carrier strike groupdeployed on Jan. 17 from San Diego, Calif.

Destroyer Squadron 23 is based in San Diego, Calif., and is embarked on the carrier.

Destroyers

USS Russell (DDG-59), homeported in San Diego, Calif.

USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60), homeported in San Diego, Calif.

USS Pinckney (DDG-91), homeported in San Diego, Calif.

USS Kidd (DDG-100), homeported in Everett, Wash.

USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115), homeported in San Diego, Calif.

In the Gulf of Oman

An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, attached to the ‘Dragon Slayers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, transports cargo from the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), not pictured, during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea Feb. 8, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jake Carrillo on Feb. 8, 2020. US Navy Photo

The Harry S. Truman CSG is in the Gulf of Oman and within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. This deployment is the Truman Strike Group‘s second in two years.

Carrier Strike Group 8

Sailors handle the phone-and-distance line on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 8, 2020. US Navy Photo

Norfolk-based CSG 8 commands the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is embarked on the carrier.

In the Western Atlantic

The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group continues underway for training for a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for deployment later this year.

A trio of allied frigates arrived in Norfolk ahead of the COMPTUEX and are operating with the CSG. These ships are the French anti-submarine frigate FS Normandie (D651), Royal Danish Navy frigate Iver Huitfeldt (F361) and Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec(FFH 332).Iver Huitfeldt will deploy with the strike group later this year.

Gerald R. Ford is a first-in-class aircraft carrier and the first new aircraft carrier designed in more than 40 years. ACT tested Ford‘s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). Ford’s ACT has seen the first arrestment and launching of E-2D Hawkeye, C-2A Greyhound, EA-18G Growler and the T-45 Goshawk aircraft on these new systems unique to Ford-class carriers.

This round of testing is allowing the crew to further test the improvements made during its post-shakedown availability (PSA) at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding while also allowing the crew to gain experience on these unique systems. The information captured during ACT will continue to inform improvements and modifications for Ford and follow-on Ford-class of aircraft carriers.

In addition to these major formations, not shown are thousands of others serving in submarines, individual surface ships, aircraft squadrons, SEALs, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, Seabees, Coast Guard cutters, EOD Mobile Units, and more serving throughout the globe.